W510 (3818 CTO) CPU Windows experience index

I'm wondering if anyone can help here. I have Win 7 Professional (64bit) running on my W510. The processor is an i7 Q 820 at 1.73Ghz. Windows is currently showing that it has a rating of 2.5 on the Windows experience index because the processor is only rated to 2.5. The information I have found around other areas states that this CPU should have 7.1 on the index.

Re: W510 (3818 CTO) CPU Windows experience index

Give ThrottleStop a try. Check off Set Multiplier and set that to the maximum value and then click on the Turn On button. You can try running a single thread of the built in TS Bench and see what sort of multipliers your CPU is using. Post a screen shot while this test is running if you want me to have a look.

As the load increases and more cores become active, the maximum multiplier and speed of these CPUs will decrease. You should be able to get your CPU running at its rated speed with that utility.

Re: W510 (3818 CTO) CPU Windows experience index

Look at which specific index is 2.5; if it's CPU, try Throttlestop. If it's GPU, you might have the wrong drivers. If it's HDD, the only case where I can think of any recent HDD benching 2.5 is if it's dying.